Computational systems and methods for regulating information flow during interactions

• US 20130060851A1
• Filed: 11/17/2011
• Published: 03/07/2013
• Est. Priority Date: 09/07/2011
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Elwha LLC (Intellectual Ventures LLC)
• Original Assignee: Elwha LLC (Intellectual Ventures LLC)
• Inventors: Davis, Marc E., Dyor, Matthew G., Gates, William, Huang, Xuedong, Hyde, Roderick A., Jung, Edward K.Y., Kare, Jordin T., Levien, Royce A., Lord, Richard T., Lord, Robert W., Lu, Qi, Malamud, Mark A., Myhrvold, Nathan P., Nadella, Satya, Reed, Daniel, Shum, Harry, Tegreene, Clarence T., Wood, Lowell L. Jr.
• Granted Patent: US 9,690,853 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 709/204
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/95 Retrieval from the web
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 20/383 Anonymous user system
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 20/384 using social networks
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 20/385 using an alias or single-use codes
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 30/06 Buying, selling or leasing transactions
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 50/01 Social networking

Abstract

Methods, apparatuses, computer program products, devices and systems are described that carry out accepting at least one indication of an interaction involving at least one member of a network; creating a persona corresponding to the at least one member of a network, wherein the persona is at least partly based on the indication of an interaction; and presenting the persona for use in the interaction involving the at least one member of the network.

Claims

1-59. -59. (canceled)

60. A computer-implemented system comprising:

a personal information request acceptor module configured to accept at least one indication of an interaction involving at least one member of a network; and

a persona creation unit configured to create a persona corresponding to the at least one member of a network, wherein the persona is at least partly based on the indication of an interaction.

61. The system of claim 60 wherein the personal information request acceptor module further comprises at least one of an identification request acceptor module, a financial information request acceptor module, or a web page parser module.

62. The system of claim 60 wherein the personal information request acceptor module is configured to accept an indication of an online transaction involving at least one member of a network as the at least one indication of an interaction.

63. The system of claim 60 wherein the personal information request acceptor module is configured to accept an indication of at least one of a sign-up page, a login page, or a checkout page involving at least one member of a network as the at least one indication of an interaction.

64. The system of claim 60 wherein the personal information request acceptor module further comprises at least one of an X/Y coordinate web page reader, a web page image reader, or a screen scraper module.

65. The system of claim 60 wherein the persona creation unit further comprises transaction analysis logic.

66. The system of claim 60 wherein the persona creation unit further comprises a persona compiler module.

67. The system of claim 64 wherein the persona compiler module further comprises at least one of a personal information anonymizer module, a persona creation ruleset module, a vendor-specific persona database, or a personal assistant-mediated persona compiler module.

68. The system of claim 60 wherein the persona compiler module is further configured to create a set of personal information corresponding to the at least one member of a network, wherein the set of personal information is at least partly based on the indication of an interaction.

69. The system of claim 60 wherein the persona compiler module is further configured to create a persona corresponding to the at least one member of a network, wherein the persona is at least partly based on the indication of an interaction and at least partly based on a persona-creation ruleset.

70. The system of claim 60 wherein the persona creation unit is further configured to present the persona for use in the interaction involving the at least one member of the network.

71. The system of claim 70 wherein the persona creation unit is further configured to present the persona to an online vendor for use in securing credit for an online purchase from the online vendor.

72. The system of claim 70 wherein the persona creation unit is further configured to place elements of the persona into fields of an online form for use in the interaction involving the at least one member of the network.

73. The system of claim 70 wherein the persona creation unit is further configured to present the persona at a vendor'"'"'s physical establishment for use in securing credit for a purchase from the vendor.

74. The system of claim 60 further comprising a personal assistant user interface for the persona creation unit.

75. A computer-implemented system comprising:

a personal information request acceptor module configured to accept at least one indication of an interaction involving at least one member of a network at a user interface; and

a persona creation unit configured to create a persona corresponding to the at least one member of a network, wherein the persona is at least partly based on the indication of an interaction.

76. A computer-implemented system comprising:

a personal information request acceptor module operative on a computational platform, wherein the personal information request acceptor module is configured to accept at least one indication of an interaction involving at least one member of a network; and

a persona creation unit operative on a computational platform, wherein the persona creation unit is configured to create a persona corresponding to the at least one member of a network, wherein the persona is at least partly based on the indication of an interaction.